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It does work that way, but Mastodon and some other microblogging software like Firefish (fka Calckey), Pleroma, etc. can also use relays to populate their federated timelines.
It does work that way, but Mastodon and some other microblogging software like Firefish (fka Calckey), Pleroma, etc. can also use relays to populate their federated timelines.
Oh right, I remember hearing about relays. Is that something the admin of the instance controls?
Yup! If the software supports it, instance admins can usually add relays from their control panel.